With Arizona calling BS on Kari Lake, I wanted to zoom out and take a quick look at what we’ve accomplished together this year so far.

We identified 22 races in 2022 that were critical to the survival of our democracy. Existential races. And we were laser-focused on five states: Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. It was our mantra. Fight where we can — including targeted campaigns elsewhere (like Ohio and Florida) to force our opponents to respond — and make the maximum impact.

Of the 22, the pro-democracy coalition has won 16 of them. We’ll dive more into all of them but here are a few of the biggest ones:

• Wisconsin Governor
• Arizona Governor
• Arizona Senate
• Arizona Secretary of State
• Michigan Governor
• Michigan Secretary of State
• Nevada Senate
• Nevada Secretary of State
• Pennsylvania Governor
• Pennsylvania Senate

One more huge race looms in Georgia. More on that soon. And of course, the biggest battle, if you believe reports yet out of Mar-a-Lago, will likely start again tonight.

Our work - with your support both financially and over at The Union volunteering - has evened the playing field for democracy. Election deniers lost resoundingly on Election Night thanks to you.

That means in 2024, Trump’s going to have to win by getting more votes. Not by having a governor or secretary of state hand him the race.  He’s got hundreds of millions in his campaign coffers ready to go. And the vast majority of the GOP base — no matter what you hear from the talking heads — are ready to go for him again.

This is going to be a battle, folks. No doubt about it. We’re in one right now in Georgia. And the bigger fight is just around the corner. Help us make sure we’re ready. >>

But after what we saw last week? I’d rather be us than them. (Not to mention the “us” is the strongest pro-democracy coalition on planet.)

Thank you for all that you do for democracy.

-Reed

@reedgalen